Prison Service
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-29
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Brendan Howlin (LAB), Wexford

Is the Minister as shocked as I am - maybe I should not be shocked - to discover that some 70% of prisoners in Irish jails have literacy problems? Does she consider that an issue that must be addressed in an integrated way across government? What is she going to do about it?

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Sitting date: 2022-03-29